Anthony Max Tung

When I first showed this book to my Dad, he asked if Delhi or Lahore were covered in the book. Surprised, I promptly went through the index to find they weren't. My Dad expressed his surprise which is when I started reading the book, a few weeks ago. In between reading about history of Bombay as the premier British colonial administrative city, I was constantly looking for comparison between any other cities mentioned in this book. Sure enough, architecture and heritage preservation of cities don't just exist without their cultural and social histories.

This is a great resource book. I immensely loved reading the historical and anthropological details. I could sense the painstaking research done by the author. Here in India, we don't have such a book that documents conservation of our ancient cities. I am inspired and wish to write one now after reading Mr. Tung's massive documentation.… (meer)

This book includes an immense about of information on several relevent topics, such as the economic, environmental, historical, and architectural concerns involved in preserving the buildings and characters of cities all over the world. The passages on how the people of Warsaw relearned old crafts to so exactly reconstruct their home after the destruction of World War II was particularly fascinating. I only wish that it could have covered more places (especialy Prague) and that it could have had contained more illustrations.… (meer)